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The investigation and
quantitative ethnobotanical evaluation of medicinal plants
used around Izmir province, Turkey
Ilker Ugulu*, Suleyman Baslar, Nurettin Yorek
and Yunus Dogan
Buca Faculty of Education, Dokuz Eylul University, 35160,
Buca, Izmir-Turkey.
*Corresponding author. E-mail: ilkerugulu@mynet.com. Tel.:
+90 232 420 48 82 – 1353.
Fax: +90
232 420 48 95
Accepted
7 May, 2009 |
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In this
paper, 108 traditional medicinal plants from
Izmir
Province in Turkey have been reported. One hundred eight plant species
belonging to 54 families and among them 94 species were wild and 14
species were cultivated plants. The informant consensus factor (Fic)
and the fidelity level (FL) of the species were determined. The category
that has the highest Fic value is
Cold and Influenza
(0.82) followed by
Cough
(0.73). The lowest is
Hemorrhoids and
Enteritis
(0.33). Allium cepa and Urtica dioica (100%) has the
highest fidelity level and Nigella segetalis (33%) has the
lowest. Most used families were
Lamiaceae, Asteraceae,
Fabaceae,
Rosaceae, Apiaceae. The traditional medicinal plants have been mostly
used for the treatment of kidney ailments (43,5%), stomach (31.4%),
cough (17.6%), wounds (17.4%),
hemorrhoids and
enteritis (15.7),
cold and
influenza (13,8%),
gall bladder ailments
(10,2).
Key
words:
Informant
consensus factor, fidelity level, therapeutic plants,
Izmir. |
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